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Details of emergency response planning for at-sea renewable energy installations.
Guidance for owners, operators and masters of vessels on inland waters, explaining the classifications and how to apply for categorisation.
Explains the need to maintain a proper navigational watch at all times.
This notice gives guidance as per International Maritime Organisation (IMO) circulars MSC.1/Circ.1295, 1298, 1307 and 1338 regarding the survey, certification and compliance of ships that are required to transmit long-rang…
MCA leaflet explaining specifications and recommendations for using VHF DSC radios on private leisure craft
Maritime Safety Information (MSI) is defined in the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, Chapter IV as “navigational and meteorological warnings, meteorological forecasts and other urgent safety related messages broadca…
Leaflet outlining the Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GDMSS) processes for distress and hazard alerts at sea, together with a sea area map.
Seismic streamers that are being towed represent a potential hazard to navigation and should be marked with tail buoys.
Explains how voyage data recorders (VDRs) should be tested after installation and annually thereafter.
Forms and guidance for initial application and revalidation for Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) operator logbooks and supervisor or instructor endorsements.
A report on the research to find a replacement for the Holmes Wright B (HWB) lantern test carried out on behalf of the MCA.
Guidance and information on the requirements for AIS carriage on double-ended passenger ferries, and the specific arrangements for ensuring AIS has correct heading input, regardless of direction of travel.
Information on how the UKHO will issue future changes to routeing measures in electronic navigational charts.
Guidance on the requirements of 'MSC.1/Circ.1252' and carrying out tests on non-SOLAS ships with class 'A' automatic identification systems.
Guidance on the regulations for deep-sea pilotage. This notice also includes contact details for the competent authorities covering the areas concerned
To give advice to both DP vessels undertaking diving or other subsea operations and vessels that are operating in the vicinity, when applying the provisions within COLREG.
Designates UK VTS for the purpose of requiring compliance by shipping with regulations 6 and 7 of the Merchant Shipping Regulations 2004.
Find out about MCA’s bathymetric data collection programme, how to share data with MCA, and guidance for offshore developers.
Information about the 24-hour radio and radar coastal vessel traffic service (VTS) and further information on vessel safety when navigating, and specifically crossing, the Dover Strait.
Amendment to marine guidance note 12 relating to fishing vessels operating in submarine exercise areas.
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